Post Office Saving Schemes: Interest Rates, Tax Benefits, Other Details
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of Posts or India Post, which runs postal services in the country, also
offers nine types of small saving schemes. These include the savings
account, the five-year recurring deposit (RD), the time deposit or fixed
deposit (FD), the Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) account, the Senior
Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS), the 15-year Public Provident Fund (PPF)
and the National Savings Certificates (NSC), according to India Post's
official website - indiapost.gov.in. Interest rates on these post office
saving schemes move in line with government's interest rates on small
savings schemes.
Here are key things to know about post office saving schemes:
Minimum amount required to open accounts
Given below are the minimum investments required in different types of post office saving accounts:
(Source: India Post website)
Interest rates
For the current quarter, ending on June 30, 2019, investment in post office small savings schemes fetch returns to the tune of 4-8.7 per cent, according to a Ministry of Finance statement dated March 29, 2019. Here are the interest rates of all types of post office saving schemes:
(As mentioned on India Post's official website)
Premature closure
Premature closure facility (or encashment of certificates in case of NSCs) is also available in some of the small saving schemes. Here are premature closure period provided by different post office saving schemes:
Income tax benefits
Some of the post office saving schemes also qualifies for income tax benefits. Using these products, an investor can claim a deduction up to Rs. 1.5 lakh in a financial year from taxable income under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. Income tax benefits are available on Time Deposit (TD), Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS), Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificates (NSCs).
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